This post features a tutorial explaining how to migrate an existing local database to the Relation Database Service from Amazon (Amazon RDS). As a result, each team member can run his/her own queries and can load the requested data both into Python and R.

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Last year, Tony Stenning explained on Blackrock Blog why it makes sense to introduce retirement plans for babies. In this post, I will discuss this interesting idea from an actuarial perspective. First I will provide some social background on the current global pension situation. Next, I will perform an analysis giving insight into the benefits and expenses of lifetime retirement savings. Finally, I will reserve the last part of this post for readers interested in the R code I used to perform the calculations and visualizations.

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Actuarial data science is about actuaries and data scientists working together to turn data into valuable business logic. It’s as simple as that. Or is it? Well, it has been a while since I first had the opportunity to team up with this fascinating creature called a data scientist. I felt impressed and confused at the same time. Why?

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